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Old Apr 15, 2004 | 11:07 PM
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Guys I have a question. A buddy of mine has a early or mid eighties Bronco that has the I6 engine in it. Today I thought I would ask him about it & he said it has a bad engine & he will sell it real cheap if I knew anybody who wanted it.

Well I might want it. The body is rusted badly for being a Minnesota truck but I'm not worried much about that because the primary use would be winter running.

My question is how difficult will it be to put a 302 EFI out of a 1988 F-150 into that beast?

I'm sorry I don't have a model year to tell you for sure but I know it is between 80-86. It is that body stlye.
 
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Old Apr 15, 2004 | 11:09 PM
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Would it bolt up to the transmission?
 
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Old Apr 15, 2004 | 11:11 PM
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I don't know for sure. The engine is coming out of a 2X4 88 F-150.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2004 | 12:29 AM
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2 questions,is the bronco 2wd or 4wd and if 2wd why not use engine and trans from the truck?
 
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Old Apr 16, 2004 | 12:33 AM
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The Bronco is 4X4 with a bad I-6 in it. The 302 is out of a 88 F-150 2X4.

I'm sure bellhousing would have to be swapped. I guess my main question is more about the computer systems with the EFI.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2004 | 12:38 AM
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yes you can do it,the majority of your work will be in removing the wiring harnesses and then putting the efi harness in the bronco,
 
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Old Apr 16, 2004 | 01:15 AM
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OK. That is what I was looking for. I do have the wiring harness off the 88 F-150 & the computer.

When I get back to the shop I will look closer at the truck to determine if it wouldd be worth it or not.
 
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